Tetris in the Nervous System: What Principles of Neuronal Tiling Can Tell Us About How Glia Play the Game

The precise organization and arrangement of neural cells is essential for nervous system functionality. Cellular tiling is an evolutionarily conserved phenomenon that organizes neural cells, ensuring non-redundant coverage of receptive fields in the nervous system. First recorded in the drawings of...

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Main Authors: Dana F. DeSantis, Cody J. Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncel.2021.734938/full